3rd Grade Biome
What is a Biome?
A group of ecosystems with similar climates and organisms/animals
What is a Ecosystem?
A biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.
What does Aquatic mean?
Water based
What does the term Freshwater mean?
A body of water that does not contain any salt in the water and can be rivers, lakes, streams, ponds, and wetlands
Non-salt water
What is Salt Water?
A body of water that contains salt in it.
oceans and sea water with salt; largest biome
What are Macroinvertebrates?
animals without backbones, which are visible to the eye without the aid of a microscope.
Animals without backbones
Animals that dont have a backbone
Backboneless Animals
What is another way to talk about Larvae or Nymphs?
Young Macros (Macroinvertebrates)
What is a Herbivore?
A consumer that eats only plants; Giraffe.
What is a Carnivore?
a consumer that only eats meat; Lion.
What is an Omnivore?
A consumer who eats both plants and meat; Bears.
What are some ways to destroy a Biome?
Extracting natural resources, polluting air and waterways and razing wild landscapes, hurting animals and the plants in them.